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unusual facts about Black Sea Shipyard


Mykolaiv Shipyard

Black Sea Shipyard - also known as Nikolayev South Shipyard, Soviet Shipyard No. 444 and Shipyard No. 198, where most of the biggest Soviet warships were built


Jane's Defence Weekly

In 1984, only months after the magazine was established, Jane's Defence Weekly gained worldwide attention after printing several images from an American spy satellite of the Nikolaiev 444 shipyard in the Black Sea, showing a Kiev-class aircraft carrier under construction.


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